Quotes About Strength

Shtark zich." Make yourself strong.

Hope is not defined by the absence of hardship. Rather, hope is found in God's grace in the midst of hardship. Hope is found in his promise to give us a future.

Pride is a powerful narcotic, but it doesn't do much for the auto-immune system.

Subhadra Sen Gupta

My sorrows are my strength I won't share it with anyone to get rid of it

The one thing you learn is when you can step out of your comfort zone and be uncomfortable you see what you're made of and who you are.

I like to think my upbringing has made me pragmatic and thick-skinned, a coper and a realist

A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused.

She had carved out this space for herself, carved it, it sometimes felt, with her bare hands. She had made it small and unaccommodating by design. No one else fit. No room.

solid because the bees inside

Emotional dependency is not immature or pathological; it is our greatest strength.

We are never so vulnerable as when we love." — Sigmund Freud

American football makes rugby look like a Tupperware party.

Knowing can be a curse on a person's life. I'd traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn't know which one was heavier. Which one took the most strength to carry around? It was a ridiculous question, though, because once you know the truth, you can't ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now.

Knowing can be a curse on a person's life. I'd traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn't know which one was heavier. Which one took the most strength to carry around? It was a ridiculous question, though, because once you know the truth, you can't ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now.

If you're about to become a stepmother or are currently filling that role, you are gambling that the love you've found and the strength and wisdom that you've acquired will see you through.

Sue Townsend

It will pass. You'll see. It always passes when there is love. I have had much hurt in my life, and look at us now. Nothing can change what has happened, but we can march forwards.

I am not your victim because you are not a predator any more than a bottle of scotch stalks an alcoholic.

I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself.

Your war drum ain't / louder than this breath.

a woman will tell you every home she has ever inhabited has been broken into starting with her body

The machine will grind you down, but the machine is not bigger than the imagination. Rome fell in a day. We know this.

I sang along, but I could not help noticing that if you replaced the word Jesus with Great Leader, the content was not so different from some of the North Korean songs my students chanted several times each day. In both groups, singing was a joyful, collective ritual from which they took strength.